Gyöngyös weather in May

In May, Gyöngyös sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 71 mm of rain across 12.7 wet days and about 14.9 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Gyöngyös's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gyöngyös's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
5th warmest
Overnight low
11°
8th coldest
Rainfall
71 mm
12.7 wet days
Daylight
14 h 54 min
4:09 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
60%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.2
out of 10

Gyöngyös is town in Hungary.

Density
609/km²
people per km²
Founded
1261

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 20°C in the first days to 23°C by the end.

A typical May day in Gyöngyös reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 16°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 5°C warmer than April and about 4°C cooler than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Gyöngyös

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gyöngyös weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 5th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan / -4°337.348.60.0
Feb / -2°347.83.59.90.2
Mar10° / 387.81.711.62.6
Apr17° / 509.20.213.45.3
May22° / 11°7112.7014.96.2
Jun25° / 14°7812.3015.76.4
Jul27° / 16°8111.6015.46.3
Aug27° / 15°649.7014.16.7
Sep22° / 11°558.3012.46.8
Oct16° / 538.30.110.65.0
Nov / 488.61.49.11.6
Dec / -2°418.12.98.30.0

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 27% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14951
25050
34951
44951
54951
65050
74852
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104852
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Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Gyöngyös gets around 71 mm of rain over 12.7 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 40% and peaks near 42% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
135
236
337
438
539
640
740
841
941
1042
1142
1242
1342
1441
1541
1641
1741
1841
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2041
2140
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2440
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2741
2841
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3041
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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of May feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 85% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
29550
39550
49460
59460
69370
79370
89280
99280
109190
119190
1290100
1390100
1488111
1588111
1687121
1786131
1886131
1985141
2084151
2183161
2281172
2380182
2479192
2577203
2675223
2773234
2872244
2969265
3067276
3164297

Wind in May

Winds average 9 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 14 h 12 min at the start of May to 15 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 78 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 4:31 AM to 3:54 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 7:22 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
114.24:316:44
214.34:306:45
314.34:286:47
414.44:266:48
514.44:256:49
614.54:236:51
714.54:226:52
814.64:206:54
914.64:186:55
1014.74:176:56
1114.74:166:58
1214.74:146:59
1314.84:137:00
1414.84:117:02
1514.94:107:03
1614.94:097:04
1715.04:087:06
1815.04:067:07
1915.04:057:08
2015.14:047:09
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2215.24:027:12
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2515.33:597:15
2615.33:587:16
2715.33:577:18
2815.43:567:19
2915.43:557:20
3015.43:547:21
3115.53:547:22

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 0.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.89 kWh/m² in June across the year — May's 5.54 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Gyöngyös?

Our two travel scores rate May for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

May is a reasonable time to visit Gyöngyös for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gyöngyös in May

From May's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In May, Gyöngyös sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Gyöngyös in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gyöngyös peaks around July 13 at about 7 (very high) — sunscreen and a hat are worth it in the middle of the day. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 1 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 7 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecLowModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 13UV 7Jan 1UV 1
UV index (midday)Level
Jan1Low
Feb2Low
Mar4Moderate
Apr6High
May6High
Jun7Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep5Moderate
Oct3Moderate
Nov1Low
Dec1Low

Air quality in Gyöngyös in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where May falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Gyöngyös is worst in June — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 1815 µg/m³Oct 1211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan13Moderate
Feb12Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct11Good
Nov12Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Gyöngyös?

Gyöngyös sits at 47.8°N, 19.9°E, 168 m above sea level, in Hungary. The nearest listed city is Hatvan, 22 km away.

JászberényEgerSalgótarjánGödöllőMezőkövesdVeresegyházÓzd

Topography around Gyöngyös

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Gyöngyös.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gyöngyös has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 347 m around an average of 188 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,001 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 987 m.

The land around Gyöngyös is covered by cropland (31%), grassland (28%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, cropland (41%) and trees (39%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and trees (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
347 m
16 km
1,001 m
80 km
987 m
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
May weather nearby: Hatvan 22 km · Jászberény 31 km · Eger 36 km · Salgótarján 36 km · Gödöllő 48 km · Mezőkövesd 49 km · Veresegyház 50 km · Ózd 56 km

Hungary travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / F
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 52% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$25,907
2025
Happiness
5.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
100%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.7
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
7.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 590
Religion
no answer 40%Catholic 30%none 16%Calvinist 10%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Gyöngyös (47.7826°, 19.928°, elevation 168 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).